đeo đai
Definition
- Verb:
- To show lingering attachment or affection: To display a manner of being emotionally attached, reluctant to part, or sentimentally clinging to someone or something.
- To appear lingeringly sentimental: To demonstrate a state of tender, wistful, or melancholic affection, often in a way that is visibly noticeable.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy đeo đai người yêu cũ. (She shows lingering attachment to her old lover.)
- Giọng nói của anh ấy đeo đai một nỗi buồn. (His voice carries a lingering sentiment of sadness.)
- Đừng đeo đai quá khứ nữa. (Don't cling sentimentally to the past anymore.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in literary or formal contexts to describe a deep, often melancholic, emotional state. It conveys more than simple remembrance; it implies an active, visible, or audible manifestation of clinging sentiment.
Variants and Related Words
- Vương vấn (v): to be preoccupied with, to linger on. This is a close synonym often used interchangeably with .
- Anh ấy vẫn vương vấn ký ức ngày xưa. (He still lingers on old memories.)
Synonyms
- To cling sentimentally: To be unwilling to let go of a feeling or memory.
- To be wistfully attached: To show a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
- To show lingering affection: To display tender feelings that persist over time.
Related Idioms
- While itself is not typically part of a larger idiom, its meaning is closely related to the concept of "bịn rịn" (to be reluctant to part).
- Cô ấy nhìn theo với ánh mắt bịn rịn. (She looked after him with a reluctant-to-part gaze.)